Madrid City Walks

(Madrid, Spain)

The suggested walks in the section have been selected for social and architectural interest and include more than just classic Madrid sights. Some walk highlights are repeated on different routes to enable visitors to chose the route more to their interest or time constraint.

Please note that the approximate times for the walks do not take into account time spent sightseeing.

Daytime Walks

Here are some recommended routes to enable visitors to Madrid to optimise the use of their time by seeing several points of interest in an ordered way.

Cibeles to Oriente

Information

Starting point: Plaza de la Cibeles

Distance: approximately 4 miles / 6 km

Time: approximately three hours

Nearest Metro train station: Banco

Finishing point: Plaza de Oriente

Highlights

Banco Central

Iglesia de San José

Circulo de Belles Artes

Ministerio de Educación

Dependencias de la Comunidad de Madrid

Iglesia de las Calatravas

Museo de la Academia de Belles Artes

Casa Real de Aduana

Puerta del Sol

Plaza de la Provincia

Palacio de Santa Cruz

Plaza Mayor

Calle Sacramento

Iglesia Pontifica de San Miguel

Parroquia de San Andrés y Capilla de San Isidro

San Francisco el Grande

El Viaducto

Palacio de Consejos

Plaza de la Villa

Mercado de San Miguel

Teatro Real

Teatro de la Opera

Plaza de Oriente

Palacio Real (Palacio de Oriente)

Suggested Route

From Plaza de la Cibeles travel west into Calle de Alcalá

Continue until the Puerta del Sol is in sight

Turn south and take Calle Correos

At the end of the street turn right into Calle Bolsa to arrive at Plaza de la Provincia

Take the right turn into the Plaza Mayor

On the south-west of the plaza exit into Calle Cuchilleros

Turn right into Calle Sacramento

Follow Carrera de San Francisco to San Francisco el Grande

Travel north down Calle de Bailén over the El Viaducto

Turn right into the Calle Mayor and continue until Plaza de la Villa

Take left into Calle Escalinata and continue on to reach the Plaza de Oriente

Oriente to Cibeles

Information

Starting point: Plaza de Oriente

Distance: approximately 4 miles / 6 km

Time: approximately three hours

Finishing point: Plaza de la Cibeles

Highlights

Real Monasterio de la Encarnación

La Mi Venta

Palacio de Senado

Plaza de Espana

Museo Cerralbo

Templo de Debod

Palacio de Liria

Centro Cultural del Conde Duque

Convento e Iglesia de las Comendadoras

Iglesia de Montserrat

Convento de las Salesas Nuevas

Plaza Dos de Mayo

Museo Municipal

Museo Romántico

Sociedad de Autores

Iglesia de Santa Bárbara

Palacio de Justicia

Paseo de Recoletos

Museo Arqueológico Nacional

Biblioteca Nacional

Plaza de la Cibeles

Suggested Route

From Plaza de Oriente walk to the end of Calle Encarnación to find Plaza de la Marina

Located off the square is Palacio de Senado and leading straight from here is Plaza de Espana

North-west from Plaza de Espana is the Calle de Ferraz

Cross Calle de Ferraz to the Templo de Debod

Next turn into Calle de la Luisa Frenanda and then Calle de la Princesa

Turn right and walk across Calle de la Princesa into Calle de Conde Duque

From here turn right into Plaza Cristo and Plaza de Comendadoras

The Iglesia de Montserrat can be found down Calle Quiñones

On the opposite road, Calle de San Bernardo, is Convento de las Salesas Nuevas

Next travel down Calle de Daoiz to get to Plaza Dos de Mayo

Exit via Calle Verlarde and then turn right into Calle de Fuencarral along which is the Museo Municipal

From the museum take the next left, Calle de San Mateo, to reach the Museo Romántico

From here go right to cross Calle de Hortaleza into Calle Fernando VI

Continue down Calle Fernando VI to find the Iglesia de Santa Bárbara and Palacio de Justicia

Turn into Paseo de Recoletos where the Biblioteca Nacional and Museo Arqueológico are found

Turn down Paseo de Recoletos to reach Plaza de la Cibeles

Cibeles

Information

Starting point: Plaza de la Cibeles

Distance: approximately 4 miles / 6 km

Time: approximately three hours

Finishing point: Plaza de la Cibeles

Highlights

Paseo del Prado

Cuartel General de la Armada

Museo Naval

Bolsa de Comercio

Hotel Ritz

Museo Nacional del Prado

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Academia de la Lengua

Casón del Buen Retiro

Museo del Ejército

Palacio de Buen Retiro

Iglesia de San Jerónimo el Real

Jardín Botánico

Cuesta de Claudio Moyano

Plaza del Emperador Carlos V

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

Ministerio de Agricultura

Museo Etnológico

Observatorio Astronómico

Parque del Retiro

Puerta de Alcalá

Plaza de la Cibeles

Suggested Route

From Plaza de la Cibeles turn south into Paseo del Prado

Continue down Paseo del Prado to Calle de Felipe IV, across which is the Museo Nacional del Prado

Turn down Calle de Felipe IV then continue down into Calle Moreto

From Calle Moreto head towards Plaza de Murillo through which the Jardín Botánico can be accessed